Category Archives: true stories

Eldritch People: How Every Grocery Store is Haunted

If you ever find yourself bored with grocery shopping, it’s because you’re not doing it at the right time.  You should be going late at night.  That’s when the entire market is populated by ghosts, trolls, golems and other assorted … Continue reading

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Being Born in the Future and the Deliciousness of Tomorrow’s Hotdog

I spent the better part of today comparing different colored metallic foil fringe and tinsel curtains, because I live the sort of life where stuff like that frequently comes into play. However, thirty-six hours earlier, I was at a wedding … Continue reading

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This is How we Use Limitless Information

I was watching a phenomenal documentary on the manufacturing and consumption of hotdogs when I had a mild epiphany.  With the help of others, we’ve built cookie cutter personas for ourselves and allowed even the most interesting of us to … Continue reading

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A Nightmarish Sexual Landscape: Another True Story

A few years back, a woman enquired about motorcycle ownership.  However, the conversation she led me into had less to do with two-wheeled transportation and more to do with graphically confusing sexual innuendoes and painting a nightmarish portrait of her … Continue reading

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Giant Dogs and Unlikely Ova: Another True Story

When I was in my teens, my next door neighbor had this rundown looking house populated by mean looking dogs.  The place was flat grey with a gravel driveway, a backyard that was mostly dirt and dark yellow curtains that … Continue reading

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Reverie in Action: Failed Attempts at Running Away

When I was just about three I told my mother that I was running away.  I cannot clearly recall what had transpired to incite the notion that, having just gotten all of my teeth, my parents were just holding me … Continue reading

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Unpretentious Devotion: Romantic Advice from Dogs

If you lay down in the prone position before establishing a dominant relationship with a dog, there is a good chance that he’s going to hump you regardless of your preference on the matter.  Dogs do not overanalyze relationships.  In … Continue reading

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Too Detroit for Chicago: True Lies by the People who Told Them

Some time ago, I applied for a job where I would live in Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry for a month.  It’s one of the more impressive and enjoyable museums I am aware of and I sincerely wanted a … Continue reading

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Laying Witness to Great Deeds: Destiny in Aisle Ten

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Dog Faces and the Long Process of Dotage

People seem to think that getting old happens overnight but aging is a long arduous process.  You don’t suddenly wake up one morning with this uncontrollable desire to start dolling out hard candies like some sort of juicy mouthed, high … Continue reading

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